request vs speak for

request

verb
  • To ask (somebody) to do something. 

  • To ask for (something). 

noun
  • A message sent over a network to a server. 

  • Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). 

  • Condition of being sought after. 

  • A formal message requesting something. 

speak for

verb
  • To speak on somebody's behalf. 

  • To represent an intrinsic quality 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for. 

  • To claim, reserve, or occupy. 

How often have the words request and speak for occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )